What festivals are there in Anhui?

What are the traditional festivals and customs of Anhui? Let’s take a look at the editor’s sharing!

1. Spring Festival

Time: The first day of the first lunar month

Introduction: On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone wears new clothes. The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders. They pay New Year greetings to their ancestors one by one, and congratulate each other among their peers. On this day, pay attention to taboos: do not use knives or scissors, do not use needlework, do not fry in the pot (avoid making noise), do not stick to brooms, do not splash water outside the door, do not break cups and dishes, and do not beat or scold children. It is considered unlucky to violate taboos, and there will be loss of wealth, illness and other disasters this year. Qimen County, Anhui Province also has the custom of "calling the New Year". That is, on the first and second days of the first lunar month, the oldest person in the village serves as the foreman and organizes young people and boys to line up in a long snake formation and shout New Year greetings from house to house. At each household, the foreman shouts the name of the person being greeted. And add a title, or say: "New Year greetings to Baoting", or say hello with a title. The people being worshiped immediately responded by saying, "Thank you all for coming," and those who called out to the elderly responded in unison: "I should have come," which had a special meaning.

2. Lantern Festival

Time: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month

Introduction: The Lantern Festival is held on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and every household eats it. In the evening, ancestors are sent back to the mountains, wine and food are served in front of their portraits, incense is burned, and colored lanterns are hung in every household. The Lantern Festival Lantern Festival in Yansi Town, Huizhou District, Anhui Province is the most popular.

3. The dragon raises its head

Time: The second day of the second lunar month

Introduction: The second day of the second lunar month is the birthday of the Land God. In ancient Huizhou, it was called "the dragon raises its head" ". This is probably due to the fact that in midsummer, the rain is getting heavier and thunder can be heard. In rural areas, farmers are not allowed to go to the fields on this day, and women are not allowed to spend the day leisurely with needlework. According to the rules of Jixi County, Anhui Province, on this day, rice dumplings wrapped with a lifetime of glutinous rice are cooked to worship the earth god. February 2 is also the birthday of flowers, so it is also called the "Flower Festival". On this day, literati display flowers, hold cultural gatherings, and compete in poetry.

4. Dragon Boat Festival

Time: The fifth day of the fifth lunar month

Introduction: In central Anhui, southern Anhui, western Anhui and other places, one or two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, temples Monks, nuns and Taoists often send Dragon Boat Festival talismans to nearby families. The talismans are woodcut and printed on yellow paper, with the image of an old man holding a sword, and the words "Jiang Shang is here at noon on May 5th to avoid all evil spirits" or "Tai Gong is here, all evil spirits are here." "Evil avoidance", "Feixiong's house control", etc. On the Dragon Boat Festival, every family puts the charms on the walls of the kitchen and other houses. In the mountainous areas of western Anhui, there are also pictures of Zhong Kui or centipedes hanging on them. There is a proverb in the Shucheng area of ??Liu'an in western Anhui: "Eat an apricot during the Dragon Boat Festival and you will not get sick when you are old; eat a peach at the Dragon Boat Festival and you will not have to worry about it when you are old." In the Huaibei area, on the Dragon Boat Festival, mothers use various colored silk threads to make colorful ropes and tie them around their children's wrists, ankles and necks. They are called "flower-tying threads", also known as "flower-tying threads", "long-life thread", and "red strings". Wire". It is said that it can prevent drowning. This thread cannot be removed until July 7th and thrown on the roof. Legend has it that magpies are allowed to fly into the sky to build a fairy bridge so that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can meet.

5. Mid-Autumn Festival

Time: the 15th day of the eighth lunar month

Introduction: In the old days, most people celebrated this festival not only eating mooncakes, but also baking dough. Small sugar cakes, fish, meat and vegetables as a snack, Huaiyuan pomegranate in Anhui Province is a delicious fruit during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition to settling current and credit accounts, each store must give gifts and social entertainment to dignitaries from chambers of commerce and those with whom they have contacts in society before the festival. After the 1930s, it became fashionable to gift sets of cigarettes, wine, cans, tin biscuits, etc. sold at Simei Tea Shop on Erma Road. Rich families in rural areas usually set up tables to burn incense, display moon cakes, pomegranates and other tributes, worship the moon and worship their ancestors, and sit around the whole family under the bright moon in the hope of Mid-Autumn Festival reunion. There are also young people who pick wax melons and paint them with human faces and facial features as gifts for infertile couples to wish for an early child. Some children go to the fields to "steal green" (peanuts, radishes, sunflowers) and play while eating. After the 1950s, many old customs of the Mid-Autumn Festival in urban and rural areas were gradually abandoned or diluted, while habits such as eating moon cakes and improving festival meals remained. Young and middle-aged people often give gifts to their parents during this festival and have a "reunion dinner" with their families. If it is close to the National Day, the two festivals will be celebrated together.

6. Laba Festival

Time: The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

Introduction: The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the Laba Festival, because the twelfth lunar month is called " "Twelfth lunar month", hence the name. As soon as "Laba" is over and the Spring Festival is approaching, every household must clean the dust in the house starting from Laba. On that day, we eat Laba porridge. In the Beixiang area of ??Yixian County and Xiuning County, Anhui Province, we also dry tofu, which is called "Laba Tofu". After Laba Festival, every family starts to slaughter the New Year pig, treat each other to pig-killing wine, wrap glutinous rice dumplings, make rice cakes, fry tofu, stir-fry peanuts and broad beans, and make sesame candy, frozen rice candy, etc. People also want to arrange wedding events on this day, so there is a folk saying: "Laba is a good day, so many aunts change to sisters-in-law."

Expand your knowledge: large-scale festivals

1. Daughter-in-law’s Day

Time: the seventeenth day of the first lunar month

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Introduction: Dialects call women "grandmothers", so this day is also called "Grandma's Day". In the old days, the traditional folk custom was from the Spring Festival to the 15th day of the first lunar month. During this period, the housework such as washing, cooking, and cooking are all undertaken by the daughter-in-law. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is the time for the daughter-in-law, who has been busy, to take a break and relax. On Daughter-in-law's Day, all household cooking and other cooking tasks are borne by men.

2. Buddha Bathing Festival

Time: The eighth day of the fourth lunar month

Location: Gion Temple

Introduction: Sakyamuni Buddhists celebrate Buddha’s birthday on this day, which is the biggest festival in Buddhism. When Sakyamuni was born, a dragon sprayed fragrant rain to bathe him. Therefore, on the Buddha's birthday, monks and nuns of Jiuhuashan Temple gather in the main hall to worship the Buddha, chant sutras, and cleanse the Sakyamuni Buddha statue with fragrant soup, which is called the Buddha Bathing Dharma Assembly. During the Buddha Bathing Dharma Assembly, in addition to giving alms to the monks, the temple also held activities such as offering salvation to the souls of the dead (setting off flames and burning Dharma boats).

3. Self-indulgence in the sun

Time: the 15th day of the seventh lunar month

Location: the entire scenic area of ??Mount Jiuhua

Introduction: Self-indulgence in the sun It is another important festival in Buddhism, also known as Obon Festival, for self-examination of the year's practice. During this festival, monks and believers in Jiuhuashan Temple not only make offerings to the Buddha, worship repentance, and indulge in self-indulgence, but also worship the "Lianghuang Repentance" and the "Ksitigarbha Repentance" to worship their ancestors and liberate hungry ghosts from the ten directions.

4. Jiuhuashan Temple Fair

Time: Around the 30th day of the seventh lunar month (the auspicious birthday of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva), it usually lasts for one month

Location: Rooftop Peak (Tiantai Temple) and various large and small temples

Introduction: In order to commemorate Jin Jiuzang, Jiuhua Mountain has held various grand activities including Buddhist services, tourism, cultural entertainment, etc. every year since 1983. Among them, major temples on the mountain have successively held Buddhist activities such as "Buddha statue consecration", "Abbot's enthronement", "Ksitigarbha Seven", "Buddha Seven", "Water and Land Dharma Assembly"; believers and pilgrims from all over the world gathered in Jiuhua to pay incense to the mountain , worship the pagoda, and worship the rooftop. Many mountain people and craftsmen take this opportunity to do business with each other, and folk artists also come here to perform their skills; there are also exhibitions of Jin Jizo's life stories, tourism product exhibitions, etc.

5. Jiuhua Mountain Ksitigarbha Dharma Assembly

Time: The 30th day of the seventh lunar month (the smallest month is the twenty-ninth month), usually lasting seven days

Location: Hua City Temple and Body Hall

Introduction: On that day, various temples in Jiuhua Mountain will hold grand ceremonies, reciting the "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra" and guarding the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Pagoda, called the Ksitigarbha Dharma Assembly, which usually lasts seven days ( July 30th to August 6th). During the Dharma Conference, pilgrims also organized Baizihui to offer incense to the mountains. The Baizihui, a group of faithful men and women, organized themselves and devoutly followed vegetarian diets, carried burdens and flags, beat gongs and chanted sutras, and went in and out together. When the number of people reaches one hundred, a group is called a Baizihui; when the number reaches two hundred, it is called a Shuangbaizihui. But there are also groups of twenty or thirty people, called Xiaobaizihui. This puja is held on the birth day of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and it is said that Silla monk Jin Qiaojue also became enlightened on this day.

6. International Poetry Festival

Time: Ninth day of the ninth lunar month

Location: Ma'anshan City

Introduction: To promote national excellence Culture, inherit and carry forward the legacy of Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, enhance international friendship and cultural exchanges, and promote local economic development. Since 1989, Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province, has held the annual China International Poetry Festival during the Double Ninth Festival in the Golden Autumn every year. . Since 1995, the "China International Poetry Festival" has been hosted by the Anhui Provincial Government and co-organized by Ma'anshan City. It has improved its standards, expanded its influence, revealed its strong cultural heritage, and greatly promoted the romanticism of this great ancient poet. Poetry and excellent national culture.

7. Fuyang Torch Festival

Time: the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month

Location: Fuyang City

Introduction: Fuyang Torch Festival is During the Mid-Autumn Festival in Fuyang, people light torches to visit the countryside at night to commemorate the uprising led by the Red Turban Army led by Liu Futong. According to legend, Han Shantong and Liu Futong organized a peasant uprising and responded with torches, conquering Yingzhou for the first time. There was a nursery rhyme from time to time: "The whole city is on fire, the officials are hiding in all directions; there is no one in the city, and the Red Scarf Army is sitting on the banquet." Soon afterwards, in Yingzhou, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, young people would imitate the Red Scarf Army and use Wrap straw and sunflower straw in straw, burn them in the wild, and shake them around until they are burned out. The local custom is called "putting down the torch", which still exists today.

8. Buddha’s Enlightenment Festival

Time: The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

Location: The entire scenic area of ??Mount Jiuhua

Introduction: Buddha’s Enlightenment Festival , meaning the day when Sakyamuni became enlightened. Jiuhua mountain people have the habit of drinking Laba porridge on this day. They cook porridge with red thorn, longan, mushrooms and beans, either for themselves or for charity, to show their gratitude to the Buddha.

9. Chaohu Peony Appreciation Festival

Time: April every year (different each year according to the flowering period)

Location: Chaohu City

Introduction : The biggest attraction of the Chaohu Peony Festival is the wild white peony on Yinping Mountain in Chaohu, known as "China's No. 1 Wonderful Flower". This peony has lived for thousands of years and blooms in varying numbers every year. It is said that The approximate climate of this year can be accurately predicted based on the number of blooms. This flower is also known as the "sacred flower". As of 2006, the Chaohu Peony Flower Appreciation Festival has now become a tourism festival integrating flower appreciation, tourism (red tourism), entertainment, business and other functions. The festival content is also richer. In addition to flower appreciation, there is also a "Peony Lantern Show" There are more than 20 activities including "Ten Thousand People Mountain Climbing Competition" and "Flower Viewing Competition".

10. Tongling Bronze Culture Festival

Time: September to October every year

Location: Tongling City

Introduction: Tongling City As the copper capital of China, in order to promote copper culture and develop copper economy, the first China Tongling Bronze Culture Festival was held in 1992.

Festival activities include opening ceremonies, theatrical performances, cultural activities, bronze cultural relics exhibitions, copper treasure auctions, international trade and investment conferences, patented technology and product expos, etc.

11. Huangshan International Tourism Festival

Time: October every year

Location: Huangshan City

Introduction: Huangshan International Tourism Festival activities There are Huangshan scenery tour, Huangshan ancient dwellings tour, Chinese historical and cultural city She County tour, Taoist holy land Qiyun Mountain tour, Taiping Lake-Qiandao Lake water tour, Huizhou folk custom performance, Huangshan calligraphy and painting exhibition, Huangshan tourism Photography exhibition, Anhui famous products, local products and tourism products joint exhibition, etc.

12. Xuancheng Study Four Treasures Cultural Tourism Festival

Time: October every year

Location: Xuancheng City

Introduction: To strengthen publicity The overall planning and promotion of the city's tourism image, and the "Four Treasures of Chinese Study Cultural Tourism Festival" are held regularly to further expand the influence of the event. Mining the rich cultural history, strengthening publicity through modern media, innovating tourism promotion methods, and striving to expand overseas markets, domestic tourism promotion activities are organized mainly in the Yangtze River Delta region to enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of tourism promotion and marketing. Promote the construction of tourism informatization, strengthen cooperation with marketing channels such as communication service providers and portal websites, and enrich online publicity forms.

13. Boat Lighting Party

Time: Every leap month in the lunar calendar

Location: Yuliang Village, Huicheng Town, She County

Introduction: The Yuliang boat people in Shexian County use two wooden boats to form a pair, remove the boat awnings, use bamboo and wooden frames, wrap them with gauze, and tie them into pavilions, towers, buildings, pavilions, archways, carps, etc., with internal burning candles. Next to the lamp is a band, playing music and songs in unison, and the gongs and drums are noisy. There were six pairs of bright boats, followed by several wooden boats. During the meeting, we spent a night each traveling upstream and downstream of the Lianjiang River in Yuliangba. The light and shadow are very spectacular. Lighted boats are also called water tours, and there are also dry tours, that is, villagers on the shore play with lanterns and worship various Bodhisattvas. On the bank of the river, water swimming and dry swimming complement each other, which is endless fun. People from all over the country gather to watch, and it is very lively.

14. Huangmei Opera Art Festival

Time: every two years (November)

Location: Anqing City

Introduction: Anqing City successfully held two Huangmei Opera Art Festivals as early as 1992 and 1995, launching a number of relatively influential works across the country, effectively expanding Anqing's popularity at home and abroad and promoting the local economy. develop. As a result, the art festival has become a window for Anqing City to open to the outside world and a platform for attracting investment. Now, the Anqing Municipal Government has decided to continue and better organize the Huangmei Opera Art Festival, which will become an opportunity for the city’s further development.

15. Huangshan Yixian Rural Tourism Photography Festival

Time: November every year

Location: Yixian

Introduction: Approximately every year Held from November 8th to 9th, it is the best time to create photos of "Tachuan Autumn Colors", one of the three major autumn colors in China. The tallow trees are all red and the forests are dyed. During the photography festival, a grand opening ceremony, folk performances, a photo exhibition with the theme of "Ancient Charm" will be held, and 200 photojournalists and enthusiasts will be organized to participate in a large-scale photography competition called "Pictures of the Countryside".